Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
Coast Guard launches search off Cuba coast for lost crew member
The U.S. Coast Guard sent out an emergency response team Wednesday to scour the waters off Cuba for a crew member who fell off the Celebrity Cruise Ship Constellation. Published January 29, 2014
Jimmy Carter pens women’s rights book, ‘A Call To Action’
Former President Jimmy Carter's upcoming book is being billed as a tome of women's rights — "A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power" — and it's due for publication March 25. Published January 29, 2014
Disney Channel makes history with debut of lesbian couple on kids’ TV
“Good Luck Charlie,” the comedy Disney Channel production that targets the most youthful of U.S. society, made television production history with the filming of a two-part series finale – due to air around Valentine’s Day – that showcases lesbian partners Susan and Cheryl. Published January 29, 2014
Two top-level U.S. bankers commit suicide in London
Two high-profile and high-up American bankers in London have killed themselves in separate incidents that took place within a couple days of each other. Published January 29, 2014
GOP turns to courts to rein in Obama’s executive power
Sen. John McCain reacted to President Obama's vow to use his pen — minus Congress — to propel significant personal legislative and policy agenda items with a blunt warning: We'll sue. Published January 29, 2014
Massachusetts activists strive for drivers’ licenses for illegals
One of the largest immigrant advocacy groups in the Northeast has turned to the power of the online petition and painted a tale of woe about a mother who’s in the country unlawfully and can’t get her daughter to the doctor as a means of convincing Massachusetts lawmakers to give drivers’ licenses to illegals. Published January 29, 2014
Alec Baldwin bashes TSA in Twitter for pat-down of 5-month-old daughter
Alec Baldwin is on yet another rant — but this time, it has nothing to do with the paparazzi. Published January 29, 2014
Beijing boots U.S. reporter over stories of Communist corruption
A U.S. reporter based in Beijing was given until Thursday to leave the country, an order that seems tied to his media filings about the wealth that top Communist Party officials have been able to accumulate through the years. Published January 29, 2014
Pope Francis goes pop culture and hits cover of Rolling Stone
Pope Francis has just boosted his image as the pontiff of the people a smidgen higher. The Catholic Church head has gone pop culture, and it’s his smiling face that appears on the most recent cover of the Rolling Stone. Published January 29, 2014
Gabby Giffords makes high-profile gun control appeal in Washington: ‘Fight!’
Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who’s made a second career out of turning her high-profile gun injury into a campaign for more Second Amendment crackdowns, spoke briefly but bluntly to Washington lawmakers who were mulling dueling gun bills: “Fight! Fight! Fight!” Published January 29, 2014
Stradivarius worth millions stolen from Milwaukee violinist by robber with stun gun
A concert violinist was leaving his suburban Milwaukee performance when a couple of thieves bearing a stun gun approached, shocked him and made off with the 300-year-old Stradivarius he carried that's worth millions of dollars, Milwaukee police reported. Published January 29, 2014
Missouri death row inmate gets 12th hour stay from Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a last-minute stay for a Missouri death row inmate who was scheduled to die one minute after midnight Wednesday morning. Published January 29, 2014
Southern snow dust leaves thousands sleeping in cars, in Home Depot aisles
Motorists across several Southern states tried to rush home at the first sign of snow, creating a traffic nightmare that left thousands sleeping overnight in their cars on highways, on the floors in schools and in the aisles of 26 Home Depot stores that opened their doors for a makeshift shelter. Published January 29, 2014
Rep. Michael Grimm threatens reporter: ‘I’ll break you in half’
An obviously angry Rep. Michael G. Grimm told a reporter who was interviewing him in the Capitol that if he continued to stray off topic, he’d thrown him over the railing. Published January 29, 2014
Predator drone evidence helps convict N. Dakota farmer in cow theft case
For the first time in American history, a U.S. citizen – a North Dakota farmer – has been sentenced to prison with the aid and assistance of a Predator drone. Published January 28, 2014
Eliot Ness name mulled as new ATF building moniker
Crime fighter Eliot Ness may have died six decades ago, but two Illinois senators want to honor his memory with the naming of a federal building in D.C. in his honor. Published January 28, 2014
Queen Elizabeth’s staff fritters away palace savings
Queen Elizabeth’s staffers have been spending up a storm, frittering away money that’s supposed to be used for palace upkeep, a British committee found. Published January 28, 2014
U.S. restarts aid to Syria, hoping al Qaeda won’t seize it again
The United States has picked up where it left off more than a month ago, and started shipping nonlethal aid to Syria in hopes that al Qaeda won’t seize it and keep it from reaching its intended rebel fighting recipients. Published January 28, 2014
New ‘R.I.P.’ bullet hailed as ‘one-shot man-stopper’
A newly developed bullet from G2 Research is being billed as the last round a gun owner will ever need: a smashing hunk of copper with full metal jacket power to shred through solid objects and stop attackers in their tracks. Published January 28, 2014
Rand Paul’s odds of running: 50-50, he says
Sen. Rand Paul told a fourth-grader who was interviewing him that his odds for running for the White House in 2016 stood right at 50-50. Published January 28, 2014
